re: The Longest Yard (1974)

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‘ Oh I ain't saying you did or you didn't. All I'm saying is that you could have robbed banks, sold dope or stole your grandmother's pension checks and none of us would have minded. But shaving points off of a football game, man that's un-American.’

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James Hampton (Caretaker) really delivered an outstanding performance in this film. Kudos to other cats like Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, and Michael Conrad. As easy as it would have been to just look good acting next to the jocks, none of these guys phoned it in.